Pillow-sham holder



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSHUA R. KIDDER, OF PORT CLINTON, OHIO.

PlLLOW-SHAM HOLDER.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 438,000, dated October'7, 1890.

Application filed May 24, 1890.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JosHUA R. KIDDER, of Port Clinton, in the county ofOttawa and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Pillow-Sham Holders; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains tomake and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, whichform part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in pillow-sham holders; and itconsists in the combination and arrangement of parts, which will befully described hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to provide a holder to which thepillow-sham can be attached, and by means of which it can be held in anopen position, so as to be displayed to the best advantage.

Figure 1 is a perspective of the sham-holder in an open position. Fig. 2is a similar view showing the parts closed. Fig. 3 is 'a section showingthe spring-catch.

A represents the standard, to which the head B is rigidly secured.Pivoted in opposite ends of this head are the two arms 0, which areadapted to be opened into a horizontal position and locked by means of abutton D, which is pivoted in a recess in the head. When the button isturned into a line with the head, its ends catch over shoulders upon theinner ends of the arms, and when the button is turned at an angle to thehead the arms are released, so that they can be closed in the positionshown in Fig. 2. Attached to each of these arms by means of paste, glue,or cement are strips I of flexible material, to which the edges of thesham are to be pinned.

Attached to the standardAby means of the loops J, which extend over thetop of the standard, is the extension L, which has a series of holes Nformed through its lower end, and which extension may be covered uponits inner side with any suitable flexible material and have a ferrule 0applied to its lower end to keep the end from splitting. Through one ofthe holes N is to be passed a screw into the Serial No. 353,083. (Nomodel.)

bottom of the head-board. Passing through the standardA is a knob orcatch P, which is placed between the two loops J, and which acts as astop to the movement of the two parts A L upon each other. At night bycatching hold of the catch P and pulling upward upon the standard A theshams are raised until the standard can move no farther, when it iscaught by a spring a, which is placed between the two parts A L. Duringthe day the standard, having the sham fastened to it, is lowered, and inthis position the sham covers the pillow or bolster. At night thestandard is raised, so as to lift the sham above the heads of theoccupants of the bed, and hence the shamholder is never removed from thebedstead, and the shams are only removed when they are to be replaced byothers.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. In a pillow-sham holder,the standard provided with a head at its upper end, pivoted armsconnected to the head, having inwardlyextending shoulders, and a buttonplaced over these shoulders for locking the arms in a raised position,the parts being combined and arranged to operate substantially as shown.

2. In a pillow-sham holder, the standard A, the head B secured thereto,the pivoted arms connected to the head and provided with strips offlexible material, to which the shams are to be pinned, and a button forlocking the arms in position, combined and arranged to operatesubstantially as described.

3. In a pillow-sham holder, the verticallymoving standard provided withthe head, the pivoted arms, and the button for locking the arms inposition, combined with the exten sion L, the loops J, and the button,substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSHUA R. KIDDER. Witnesses:

WILLIAM CLEAVER, O. A. HARRIS.

